26th National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2008

描述（由申请人提供）：我们要求支持基础科学研究生、医科学生、住院医生和博士后参加将于2008年7月27日至30日在佛罗里达州奥兰多（布埃纳维斯塔湖）举行的第26届全国神经创伤研讨会。全国神经创伤研讨会是介绍当前中枢神经系统损伤（脊髓损伤、创伤性脑损伤）的病理生理学和治疗研究的主要论坛。今年的研讨会是由国家神经创伤学会和美国神经外科医生协会/神经外科医生大会联合神经创伤和重症监护共同主办和组织的。研讨会的具体目的是：1。为神经创伤研究的最新发现提供展示、讨论和反馈的论坛，并鼓励该领域的初级和高级研究人员之间的互动。2. 鼓励在神经创伤领域学习的学生的参与和教育。研讨会通过大型海报会议、学生口头公开交流会议、学生海报竞赛、社交活动、学生旅行奖励和学生注册补贴来促进学生的参与。3. 使会议与临床神经创伤研究人员更加相关，为基础神经创伤科学家增加真实世界的神经创伤知识库，从而加强基础-临床互动和以转化为重点的双向合作（“从床到床”和“从床到床”）。4. 继续鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾人参与和促进神经创伤研究。研讨会是由临床和实验室神经创伤研究女性专业协会“神经创伤研究女性”主办的科学和社会活动论坛。5. 由不直接参与神经创伤研究的研究人员进行相关和发人深省的演讲。目标是培养新的思想和思维方式进入主流神经创伤，并鼓励来自其他学科的科学家从事神经创伤研究。2008年研讨会将有38位特邀演讲嘉宾，12篇由入选学生/博士后进行的口头报告，4次海报会议（2次SCI， 2次TBI），共350张海报，以及一次学生海报比赛。研讨会将促进基础和转化神经创伤研究，这将导致治疗脑和脊髓损伤患者的新技术。公共卫生相关性：该项目与公共卫生的直接相关性在于就推进实验室发现进入临床实践进行新思想的交流和辩论。学生、基础科学家、临床科学家和执业临床医生聚集在一起，展示和讨论他们在神经创伤领域的最新发现和进展。特别努力使学生积极参与并与领先的基础和临床科学家互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting support for basic science graduate students, medical students, residents and postdoctoral fellows to participate in the 26th annual National Neurotrauma Symposium to be held July 27-30, 2008 in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida. The National Neurotrauma Symposium is the primary forum for the presentation of current research on the pathophysiology and treatment of central nervous system injury (spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury). The symposium this year is being co-sponsored and organized by the National Neurotrauma Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care. The Specific Aims of the symposium are: 1. To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion and feedback regarding the most recent findings in Neurotrauma research and to encourage interaction between junior and senior investigators in the field. 2. To encourage the participation and education of students studying in the field of Neurotrauma. The Symposium fosters student participation through large poster sessions, student oral open communication sessions, student poster competition, social mixers, student travel awards, and subsidized student registration fees. 3. To make the meeting more relevant to clinical neurotrauma researchers, to increase the real world neurotrauma knowledge base for basic neurotrauma scientists and thereby enhance basic-clinical interactions and translationally-focused two way collaboration ("Bench to Bedside" and "Bedside to Bench"). 4. To continue to encourage the involvement and advancement of women, minority groups, and persons with disabilities in Neurotrauma research. The Symposium is the forum for scientific and social activities hosted by Women in Neurotrauma Research, the professional society for women in clinical and laboratory Neurotrauma research. 5. To have relevant and thought-provoking presentations by researchers not directly involved in Neurotrauma research. The goal is to foster new ideas and ways of thinking into mainstream Neurotrauma as well as to encourage scientist from other disciplines to engage in Neurotrauma research. The program for the 2008 symposium will feature 38 invited speakers, 12 oral presentations by selected student/postdoctoral abstracts, 4 poster sessions (two SCI, two TBI) with a total of 350 posters and a student poster competition. The symposium will foster basic and translational neurotrauma research that will lead to new techniques for the treatment of patients afflicted with brain and spinal cord injury. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The direct relevance of this project to the public health rests in the exchange of new ideas and debate generated regarding advancing laboratory findings into clinical practice. Students, basic scientists, clinician scientists and practicing clinicians come together to present and discuss their latest discoveries and advancements in the filed of Neurotrauma. Particular efforts are made to actively engage students to participate and interact with leading basic and clinical scientists.